Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04

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. kel 8 eoulEa1l fog TIE e1nslEnotion 81
re cealias \ Weal Ooast Railway from
kaaiile 30 koll Hops, 70 eonnoot With
lhe C1nadian Pacldo- ] have ainos
learned that he vas emimentiy successes
fui, and that he eoafFact has been lei.
Henry Crawford. IT,, sailed on ma a
the Palmer H0uss and we had q pleas-
ant chat toQsther. than went % New
Xofk, where I purchased carpets and
aas hxsaias for my Seattle home. While
thsrs ] saw
EaaNEHfs y. soHns,
One Of thu directors Of ths Seattle,
LlAke shore and Eastern Railway. He
has nne Office fhaEe, and ID q conver-
aation With ms be stated THAI tbe build-
inR Of THAI road 20 g junction with q
transeontinental line was an assured
fast, and that work would nsSeF stop
until thal object waa accomplished. DE
also told me that Mr.. Bate, q laKgs
stakeholder 10 the company, had Just
left for his home. He cent a telegram
70 Mr.. Bats saying 1 was IL The city,
aud 10 q few minutes / received 3 tele-
gram from Mr.. Butts extending his
Compliments 10 me and bis regrets that
be did not know l was cominR, 90 that
be could haY8 waited over and visited
wiih me. MF. Jones kindly volunteered
30 show me tbs sights. We drove all
over the city, and went all thFoueh the
u. q. Mills building, going clear 30 the
top. On coming down, Mr.. Jones
pointed 0ut the ofIioo Of
HKERx Willard,
IpaFted with Mr.. Jones ana sssuped
Inside the office and inquired for Mr..
Willard. Your name, pleas" said Mr..
Falagd'a clerk. n. T.. YesisE, Of Seat
tle, replied. Mr.. Willard came from
bis private office 30 receive me. We
shaited for some time. He asked me
all absut nsaifls and seemed much In
tefested N the place. ! answered bis
questions aod then commenced TO CON-
plain Of the treatment the city bad re-
ceiged ~ the bands OF the Northern
Pacific. he said he knew THAI ws had
been tfeated uninstly aud ASSURED me
that hereafter aestiie shoald BE- fairly
dealt With. lie said thas the eleosion
waa ever and that she organisation OF
the committees IL the board suited him
hrsf rate. He showed ne two tsleQrams
be had received from Hoaltle's repre-
sentative citizens and eseemed veil
pleased over them. lie told mo be rem
Eesented foretRa syndicate which colds
t5.oc0,0c1 HoEihexn Paeido bonds. He
stated that ~ econ a. he could arrange
his business al airs be would . me west
aud would not fail 20 stop IS seattle.
sban vent 10 0lamhua 20 ese q
cousin Of Mrs. HesleF, Who resides there.
From there ! Wen8 10 Mansheid, OHIO,
% see Mf. Weaver, cousin Of AIRS.
kesleF, and lay uoeie, Mr.. Lsiteg.
while there also saw 9 lawyer pamed
Carpenter. who bad visited the sounA
eoantry and who remained for a3me
time a. Seattle. Ne AAid tnany good
wOEda Tor Puget sound and our own
Queen City. Here, zoe, I saw
srNARuR JOIN SHERMAN,
who drove me about the city in his oar
Kiage. He sp0ke enthusiastically about
bis Eiait 10 Seattle, and declared Il was
q political outrage 10 longer keep wash
inRton Territory oni Of the Union, and
declared be would do ali IL his pawer
20 aid us 10 securing admission.
From there ! went Go MAsseliicn,
Ohio. % visit two sisters Of Mrs.. YeaieF
Mrs Wilson and Mics BurQert. Willis
there / Baw Frank Reed, who worked
tor me IN Seattle q long time. He
stated be VS. coming back 30 toe
Sound. While looking over the town
saw great pile Of
gEkoTx RIVER SHINGLES,
aud on making Inquiries I learned thai
Puget Sound shingles we're In great de-
mand IN Obio, and that as their inertia
became known the demand vas In
creassne. One man talked % teid me
be had coutraoted for 10000 himself.
Here Is Whsre Raasell's great thFeshinn
machine works are located. Thay sent
an agent west this summer but be went
back on reaching Tnooma. I told ths
owners that Seattle vas the pFipcipal
city on the Sound. and they replied thal
they were quite disgusted when theil
agent relufnsd without having visited
this city. lhsy vii send q man here
next year 30 pass upon the advisability
Of establishing an agency for thelI
goods on Pu2et Sound. I then went "a
Cleveland, Ohio. where ! say
aKSERAL AMOS TowszKNn,
Who visited Seattle In company Win
senator sherman. He said he vas well
pleased with the Puget Sound country
aud astonished 81 its wondarful natura
resources. He spoko warmly Of Seat,ll
and assured me be never Lost 40 oppor
suBity % speak vel Of the Queen ust,
and Der enteFpEisinR citissns. Her
| also saw Mfs. BarRaEt, q neice OF Mrs
q. A. MeiRs, Of Pert Madison, ant
James BafgeEt. brother % Mrs. Yes.
leF's. twill be remam, cred that Mrs
Bargert visited Seattle last Summer
she e wealthy and Is kept busy lookinl
after her affairs. Here also met Mrs
Blown, Who has twice visited Seattle
Her husband il 4 wealthy merchant.
From here / went 60 Toledo 30 yisi
Mrs. Hart, a sister Of Mrs. YeslsF, an.
Adam Rurgert, q brother, and ais.
Miss B1rgert, 4 maiden sister. AZ thi
poiat Hrat sav The
NATURAL cas- N usR,
And becom % interested In IL, A frien.
accompanied me 10 the city Of Pfniay
Oaio, which Il located Ia tie heart q
the OIL aha Gas regions. there the,
| light she streets, heaa the hauses. coal
| their viciaais, barn their brick Ain
| and run their gia8 factories hy nafura
Ra3. The expense Il nflosn eenta pe
month per stove % RFate. Il Il ehaape
/ than weod ~ coal, and the suppf
seems unlimited. This. I thtnk, ~
the mos interesting revelation On q
entire tFip.
| AZ Menacta. uiinais, / saw Nassr.
| HafboaRh. unaeFhili ana KellenhSFae,
ia time eriaa from Massillien, ana 4
giaieshuEz met George and Jah
/ Dsltarioks ed tine fFispas iron Latter
nnrg. Here ] also met -
0Exz2AE SCOTT.
a. old friend and sahoel-mste Of on
feIiow t0unsman Arth1r A. Denny. Il
spoks IN TIE highest terms q Mr.. Deua
a. 4 trne fFiond ana uprAght Gan. Eros
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